Sorry if this is posted elsewhere, I could not find anything via search.
I am still pretty new to flashing, I haven't used ODIN yet but am willing to learn, but I was hoping to put it off for now.
My problem: I am currently running Bionix-v official OTA 2.2 and when after I disabled Voodoo via recovery, it still boots into the red clockwork recovery, the phone is running fine, (except I am having issues sending picture messages) when I check in the red clockwork recovery it does say that voodoo is disabled.
My questions: Am I doing something wrong? And can I flash other roms over this regardless of whether or not they have Voodoo enables by default? Can I ODIN if the phone has Voodoo enabled?
Thanks! You guys made me love my Vibrant after months of frustrations with T-mo and Samsung!
...as long as Linda talked to you after you rebooted and converted the filesystem back....
You did click disable lagfix and reboot right?
Ya, she did go through the conversion, I did click and reboot, I am just worried because the recovery is still red, which I thought meant voodoo was enabled? Maybe I just misunderstood that part...
Yea your recovery will be red until you install a rom without voodoo or and older version of voodoo, or you reboot into recovery via rom manager.
Thanks! Sorry I was just over worried I guess, terrified of bricking!
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So, I messed up. The plan was to uninstall RyanZA's lagfix, then flash JAC's new OC/UV kernel with Voodoo. I got distracted, and didn't uninstall the lagfix before flashing (through Clockwork, if that matters). My phone didn't boot after an hour, so I figured I'd nandroid back and not be so stupid this time. When I tried, I found that I couldn't because of the change to the /data from Voodoo. So then I figured I'd just use Odin to go back to stock, I've done it a couple of times before. That didn't work either, Odin went just fine, but it still doesn't get past the black screen. I read the Voodoo thread, and saw the "disable-lagfix" thing you can do, but now I can't mount my sdcard, and when I try to push it with ADB, it says permission denied. How can I fix this? Also, as an aside, since I flashed the stock back on, with the T-Mobile boot anim and all that, will I be able to get it replaced, if need be?
Flash this first:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740558
Then flash back to stock with odin, worked for me.
Yeah, reading into the voodoo thread some more, I found it, and just fixed everything. Thanks for the quick reply! Odd that the froyo rom fixes it, but whatever, happy to not have to go to T-Mo tomorrow!
Zaphodb2002 said:
Yeah, reading into the voodoo thread some more, I found it, and just fixed everything. Thanks for the quick reply! Odd that the froyo rom fixes it, but whatever, happy to not have to go to T-Mo tomorrow!
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Yeah, I soft bricked my phone yesterday and couldn't get it back up and running with the stock rom until after I flashed eugenes froyo rom first. My guess is that because eugene codes his roms to automatically format your OS drive it clears everything out and sets a fresh slate so you can than flash the stock rom back without issues.
Pure speculation on my part though. Glad you got it fixed.
Ok, i read the how to for the new kernels, it said its easy and what not. I even pm'ed another person on here as i am still kind of new asking was it safe with my current ROM and all that and i got a yes, now i know its my risk to try i just understand what went wrong. I'm on 2.1 still on the stock ROM and JFK and i downloaded the Vodoo Clockwork recovery version with colorfix zip. I went into clockwork and entered reboot mode, then chose the zip from there and heard a weird voice when the phone turned off saying step one, this may take a few minutes. Then i heard entering step 2, then finally i heard conversion successful. Now when it rebooted it went through the Vibrant and t mobile screen beginnings fine, stayed at the Galaxy S screen for a while then goes to a black screen everytime. I've even rebooted the regular way as i can't get the phone on. Please what happened and how do i fix it?
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It sounds like your NAND chip is too big.
I had the exact same thing happen to me when disabling voodoo to do a backup. I ended up flashing JI6 via Odin then re-flashing bionix without the voodoo lagfix.
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It sounds like your NAND chip is too big.
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Can you elaborate?
Either your NAND chip is the bigger version or you just haven't waited long enough. The first initial boot with voodoo is a long one. How long did you wait for it after the screen went black?
Voodoo Beta 4 currently only works with vibrants with the smaller NAND chip. But if you really want the voodoo lagfix on your bigger NAND-chipped vibrant, there is a way around to installing it. Go here:
Larger NAND Voodoo Fix
Voodoo Beta 5 should address the larger NAND chip issue but as of this post, that is the current solution for voodoo.
EDIT: BETA 5 is supposedly scheduled for release tonight
hi
im new to Samsung and android, i want to test out some
ROMS. my phone was bought secondhand and it came pre
loaded with the details in my signature.
i have read through most of the newbie guide lines here on
this site on how to flash but nowhere (as for what i saw)
does not mention on how to test if your phone has a lagfix or by
which method.
as i have read you got to turn off the lag fix before flashing ROM's
so how do i turn mine off.
thanks
HtcDia
*** my current phone details are in my signature ***
Thank you for posting in the correct section and reading some material before posting!
As to your question, if you are completely stock (rooted or not), your Vibrant does NOT have a lag fix enabled. Most of the newer Roms allows for flashing over a lag-fixed (Voodoo) enabled kernel, but only if it comes equipped with a Voodoo injected kernel.
Basically
No lagfix enabled -> Can flash any rom (voodoo kernel or non voodoo kernel)
Lag fix enabled (Voodoo) -> Can flash roms with Voodoo kernel without turning off Voodoo | Must disable Voodoo to flash non-Voodoo kernels
edit: I'm not sure if that is the answer you're looking for but if you go to the red CWM recovery, you can go to Voodoo -> Disable Voodoo. If you do not have a red recovery, then most likely you do not have a Voodoo enabled kernel, thus do not have a lagfix in place. (I assume you also did not use One-Click Lagfix)
thanks anthonys2r
i have not seen either voodoo or anything pertaining to it on my phone nor
have i done the one click fix.
so i can safely assume that i do not have one in place.
thanks for the answer it is perfect
HtcDia
^ You may want to start "fresh" and use ODIN to go back to stock... very easy process (check my signature).
You likely DO have a lagfix (ext4 "voodoo"). But, if your next rom has voodoo enabled, it will not matter if you disable it or not.
There is an app, Voodoo toggle in the market you can use... or you can reboot into CWR and go to the voodoo section. It will also tell you.
Here is the Simply Honey ROM THREAD
Not sure if you were planning on updating or trying a new rom... if the latter, really recommend going back to stock again. I would also encourage Trigger 3.2... its 2.2 but it's stable/themed well!
opening a terminal emulator and typing the command: mount should tell you what file system you're running. Unless everything lists RFS you have a lagfix enabled. If not just 3-button to recovery and scroll down to voodoo... It will tell you inside if it's activated or not.
s15274n
It's funny you should suggest that i should checked your signature
because most of the stuff that i have gathered initially till present
came from your links LOL.
thanks for providing them as they are great material for android scardy
noobs like me.
yes i do have voodoo. i actually found it lol.
if im right what i want to do is now upgrade my version.1 Simply Honey ROM
to another stable version just to get a feel of flashing and stuff
thanks
HD
Good stuff man.... glad that it helped.
s15274n said:
Good stuff man.... glad that it helped.
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On a related question, i can't initiate voodoo for some reason. I read the log and it said "model not detected". Anyway to correct this?
I cant seem to enable voodoo on my phone I have trigger 3.2 and I flashed overstock 1.5.2UV, I'm coming back from CM7 and I don't have the red clockwork recovery either? What can I flash to get this going I have Voodoo toggle that doesn't work neither does voodoo control ...
Did you odin back to stock and then flash Trigger and Overstock?
yw2012 said:
On a related question, i can't initiate voodoo for some reason. I read the log and it said "model not detected". Anyway to correct this?
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Mine says the same thing anyway to correct this...I've already odin, wiped, re partition with odin and still nothing
jneal9 said:
Did you odin back to stock and then flash Trigger and Overstock?
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Yes I did, I'm going to do a few more things to see if I can get it to work
Hm. When booting Trigger for the first time did you hear the voice enabling voodoo?
No Im sure it has to do with CM7 file systems or something...
If you odin'd back and checked repartition that should have wiped the CM7 filesystem and reverted it back to stock RFS.
And you are on Trigger and don't have the red Clockwork?
jneal9 said:
If you odin'd back and checked repartition that should have wiped the CM7 filesystem and reverted it back to stock RFS.
And you are on Trigger and don't have the red Clockwork?
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I did check repartition it didn't work log file in voodoo folder still says model not detected, Im about to see what happen when I flash trigger 3.2 again I formated system in CWM and odin with repartition checked....
still nothing dam...
Just read another possible solution in a different thread that I didn't think of...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1096439
Try to use Eugene's odin rom, and then go back to stock JFD and see if that fixes it.
I got it you have to odin Eugene's froyo that doesn't brick, then I used Eugene's 2.2 Downgrade odin flashed that annnnnndddddd now I'm flashing Trigger and I can hear Lindas voice now
Happy flashing.
hi,
im trying to flash a custom rom onto my vibrant.
but i've got a question regarding the phone starting stage.
i got the phone from craigslist and it seems the phone is slightly modded:
-it's got a "overstock" logo when you first start up the phone.
-when i boot the phone using the pressing of two volume keys and power button, i get "clockworkmod recovery v2.5.1.3- voodoo lagfix" in red color.
What i want to ask is do I have to get rid of these mods first before i flash custom roms to prevent future problems? If so, how do i get rid of these mods?
if i dont have to get rid of these mods first, do i just follow this guide - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
also, i can flash custom roms without rooting right?
thanks
the phone is already rooted for you, to verify you should see the superuser app in your app drawer. Its a skulled android head. You can install any custom rom that already had voodoo enabled without disabling it. If you like you can disable it by going to the voodoo option and disabling it on the next boot. I wouldn't worry about it because most of these current roms have voodoo. What rom were you planning to flash?
hi thanks for the reply.
but i don't think my phone was rooted cuz there was no superuser logo.
so i did root it using the superoneclick method.
however, im in trouble now cause i accidentally formatted the internal sd thinking that'd disable the voodoo lagfix. (the guy i bought it from said he applied the lag fix- i wanted to disable it cause i'm trying to flash the team whiskey 1.3.1 and the site guideline said it'd brick my phone unelss i disable the lagfix- stupid i know)
But i did the phone backup using the rom manager and i restored, but my pics are still not there?
am i screwed here or can i recover somehow the pics from my phone using the backup file?
thanks!
convotutor said:
hi thanks for the reply.
but i don't think my phone was rooted cuz there was no superuser logo.
so i did root it using the superoneclick method.
however, im in trouble now cause i accidentally formatted the internal sd thinking that'd disable the voodoo lagfix. (the guy i bought it from said he applied the lag fix- i wanted to disable it cause i'm trying to flash the team whiskey 1.3.1 and the site guideline said it'd brick my phone unelss i disable the lagfix- stupid i know)
But i did the phone backup using the rom manager and i restored, but my pics are still not there?
am i screwed here or can i recover somehow the pics from my phone using the backup file?
thanks!
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Find Vibrant Bible in the forum. Download stock rom, use ODIN to revert back to stock, Root, Install Rom manager, Clockwork Mod, Install Bionix 1.3 enjoy..
After I flash what seems like any kernel with Voodoo in it, I get stuck at the Vibrant boot screen after Linda says Voodoo's been activated. The last one I tried was Jocelyn's Categorically Worthless. I usually wait 15 minutes before pulling the battery out and ODINing back to stock. Is it a kernel problem? Or does my Vibrant simply not like Voodoo?
To be clear, I'm not looking for a soft-brick solution. I know how to use ODIN and have gotten myself out of many a jam. But I've been trying to figure out how to get Voodoo on my device for months and haven't come up with anything (yes, I've searched far and wide). I'm still using Nero v1, since none of the Voodoo'ed kernels bundled with Team Whiskey's newer ROMs have played nice with my phone.
Any help would be appreciated!
Do you have a lot of apps installed? That's the only thing I can think that might be making it take so long. Try doing it right from a fresh odin with no apps installed and it should convert in about 10 mins
Maybe try odining with Eugene's Froyo that doesn't brick then see what happens.
I don't think it's the apps; the hang still occurred when I tried to flash Jocelyn's kernel on top of a clean install of Nero v1. I hadn't done a Titanium restore or synced my Google account or anything like that yet.
[EDIT: Is Linda supposed to say anything after she tells me Voodoo's been enabled? Because if not, then I think I actually made it through the conversion in under 10 minutes and something else is going wrong afterward.]
As for Eugene's Froyo, I'll try that tomorrow and let you know. Just to make sure -- are you suggesting I ODIN with Eugene's ROM, and then try Voodoo again directly? Or should I ODIN with Eugene's Froyo, then flash another custom ROM that doesn't include Voodoo, and then try the new kernel after that?
Thanks!